22 Days To Halloween

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 / animar64 / Leave a comment

Today I thought we’d listen to a cool song and watch robots dance to it because robots freak some people out and being that we’re yet another day closer to Halloween I thought this would be a perfect Halloween Treat:

This next clip shows you how Boston Dynamics got to where they are now. Just as a side note, I really hated it when in the testing they kicked at the robots, probably because the robots they were designing reminded me of dogs and horses- so not cool.

There was also a robot that opened a door on it’s own and according to the note that freaked people out- not kicking the robots. People have messed up priorities.

So in closing, I will add that I cannot wait to see robots dance on Mars.

It’s going to happen you know.

Anyway that’s what I’m hoping for.

Automatonophobia: Fear of Human-Like Figures:

It is currently unknown precisely what causes this phobia. It may be partly due to our own innate expectations of human behavior. We tend to mistrust people who stare blankly, remain quiet, or act in ways that we do not consider “normal.” Whether programmed to move or simply standing silent, automatons look but do not behave like humans (MORE HERE)

23 Days To Halloween

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 / animar64 / 1 Comment

There are 23 days left to Halloween and I think that these creepy quotes from random sources would make great ice breakers – TRICK OR TREAT?

I’m supposed to be scary.

I have made trees bleed.

That scratching you hear in your head is the monster trying to get out.

Time to cause some screaming.

Sometimes, the things you see in the shadows are more than just shadows.

Delicate things are not as easy to break as you may think.

Pull back my carpets if you dare! Just keep in mind that you’re likely to find something you may not want to see!

Something was scratching the other side of my pillow all night long.

The smile she gave me wasn’t one from mother to child: it was one from predator to prey.

I want to be a gravedigger when I grow up.

“Horror is the removal of masks.” —Robert Bloch

“Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.” —Clive Barker

24 Days to Halloween

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 / animar64 / Leave a comment

There are 24 days left until Halloween- have you made any plans yet?

In 2016 I wrote a story about a couple who struggled and then came up with a plan- and by jingo they did come up with a good one!

This story is called

” Date Night “

” I thought we’d do something really special for Halloween ”

He and his wife were in their brightly lit kitchen, she was at the counter standing in front of the stove looking up into the cupboard where she kept her spices.

” What’s that. ” she asked after a moment.

” I thought I’d take you somewhere special this year, someplace nice. Someplace near the water. I know how much you love the water.”

” I do.” She closed the cupboard door and walked past him to where she kept her kitchen knives. ” I do love the sound of the Ocean.”

” Great. How about dinner at-”

” But I’m going to make my a pie for after.” She took a knife from the knife rack and then she swung it down and stuck it into the counter.

He did not flinch or move a muscle.

” What kind of pie are you going to make this year dear. ” he asked casually once he got his breath back.

She drew the knife out the formica counter top as if it were stuck in a stick of soft

butter.

” I’m not sure. Here. Why don’ you go pick something up for me.”

” Any ideas or-”

When his wife turned around her dark red eyes flared yellow and gold at him, ” Surprise me dear.” She said as she reached for her cauldron on the shelf above the stove and handed it to him. “Surprise me. It’s Halloween after all.”